#5BC5BF#5BC5BF

#5BC5BF is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.459; OKLCH L 76.0% C 0.098 H 190.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.18:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5BC5BF
RGB	rgb(91, 197, 191)
HSL	hsl(177, 48%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(177, 54%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(53.8%, 0%, 3%, 22.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(73.49, -31.91, -6.30)
CIE-LCH	lch(73.49, 32.53, 191.16°)
OKLab	oklab(75.96% -0.0967 -0.0175)
OKLCH	oklch(75.96% 0.098 190.3)
XYZ	xyz(33.6806, 45.9150, 56.3677)
Luminance	0.4592 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#5BC5BF #C55B61

analogous

#5BC58A #5BC5BF #5B96C5

triadic

#5BC5BF #BF5BC5 #C5BF5B

tetradic

#5BC5BF #8A5BC5 #C55B61 #96C55B

square

#5BC5BF #8A5BC5 #C55B61 #96C55B

split-complementary

#5BC5BF #C55B96 #C58A5B

monochromatic

#2B7A76 #3BA8A1 #5BC5BF #88D5D1 #B5E5E2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.06

#5BC5BF on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.18

#5BC5BF on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #5BC5BF

10.18:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5BC5BF	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##5BC5BF	1.00	2.06	10.18	10.18
#FFFFFF	2.06	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.18	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.18	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BBBCBF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AAAFC0

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00CAC3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B4B4B4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5bc5bf;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(91, 197, 191);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.0% 0.098 190.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#93d7d2',
    500: '#5bc5bf',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5bc5bf;
$custom-light: #93d7d2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5bc5bf",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 91,
    "g": 197,
    "b": 191
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 176.604,
    "s": 47.748,
    "l": 56.471
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7596,
    "c": 0.09824,
    "h": 190.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.45918
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5BC5BF

secondary

#D4A8AB

accent

#5058D7

background

#F9FDFC

surface

#F2FAF9

border

#CCD3D2

text

#0E1414

muted

#7E8382

Preview Lab

Preview with #5BC5BF

Body copy rendered with the generated semantic roles for this colour.

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